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A native plant of North America, pumpkins were first used in beer in colonial America as a substitute for hard-to-find malt, and none other than the father of our country George Washington had a highly touted recipe. This imperial porter pumpkin beer combines the robust, full-bodied style of a porter with a, frankly, crazy amount of pumpkin.

Bottle from Breeze Thru. Brownish pour with little head. Aroma has allspice, light caramel and a touch of chocolate. Taste is of sweet caramel, tangy spices, and a bit of dark fruit. Medium bodied. Finishes sweetly allspice-y, with some length. This is much better and more well rounded than a typical pumpkin brew. Cannot grade it properly to do it justice. 14.3

Best by 01.14.15.
Poured from a 12 oz into a beer can glass on 10.09.14.
A: Lots of pumpkin, brown sugar, and chocolate.
A: Fizz quickly recedes to a ring. Midnight black body with some red in the glass.
T: Pumpkin and chocolate dominate. Brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and a slight woodiness are subtle.
P: Watery but it’s a porter. Nice fizzy bubbles on the tongue. Crisp.
O: The head wasn’t great. but this a fantastic pumpkin porter.

Btl pours clear deep dark brown color with a tight small tan head that disappears quickly leaving no lace. Big aroma of holiday spice: nutmeg,cinnamon, clove. Tastes of sweet malt, nutmeg,vanilla, cinnamon,chocolate and clove. Just a hint of fresh gourds in the background. Medium body, adequate carbonation,tingling almost astringent mouthfeel and a dry slightly bitter finish. A very nice pumpkin beer, that does not go overboard on the spices and you can actually taste pumpkins.

Check this off the Want List. The first thing that strikes me is the aroma as soon as I open the bottle. Pumpkin, herbal, and spices that follow through into the flavor. A very easy drinking Pumpkin beer that I could continue to drink all night. Very easy on the palette.

The pumpkin porter pours a dark grape nearly black color with a thin tan head that doesn’t last too long but leaves plenty of evidence of its existence behind. The aroma is pumpkin, spice and caramel. The flavor is caramel initially, which is immediately overwhelmed with pumpkin and spices.

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